Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-17
BRISK WAR OF WORDS
BETWEEN NCONGRESSNBN HATCH AND REED
YESTERDAY.
Sunset Cox Takes Hand and the Maine Man is KEEP
Busy to Hold HIS 0wn-No Work in the House
Until AtG tie HoIdays-Ths
Admission Question.

WASHINGTON, December 16.-In the
House to-day, Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri,
submitted q concurrent resolution that
whent he two Houses adjourn on Monday,
December 10, they stand adjourned until
Thursday, January 5th.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, inquired the reason
for the submission of this resolutin.
Mr.. Hatch replied that it was the usual
resolution brought in at the first session of
q Congress. The House had been in ses-
sion since the first Monday in December,
nothing had been accomplished, the House
had no Speaker to announce the commit
tees and he (Hstch) was satisfied from
what he had seen of the occupation Of the
Speakers time by members interested in
the committee assignments, that it was
impossible that the committees could be
announced until after the holidays.
Mr.. Reed said that the peculiar cOndi-
ton OF the business affairs of the country
rendered the action which had been taken
or rather the ppn-action which had been
suffered by the Democratic side OF the
House, a matter of legitimate comment
both here and before the country. Take it
all in all, it was without precedent. Ii
there was no matters of public interest be-
fore the country, such q course might
awaken only
PASSING COMMENT,
but to-day Congress WAS pressed upon by a
serious public duty, the reduction of a
surplus, which was coming into the Treas
ury in manner calculated under the man
a2emeut of the Treasury Department to be
an embarrassment to the finances Of the
country. All were agreed-at least on
the Republican side-that this sur
plus should be reduced-And the
the Republicans stood ready now to make
one reduction to which the other side was
agreed, and that was in reference to the
tobacco tax. He hoped that an opportun-
ity would be given them By the powers
that be, or were to be, to vote thereon and
show TO the country some proper disposi-
tion in this regard. Ii the gentlemen on
the other side found it somewhat difficult
10 aAEduSC luClLSSANSo tAAOuSSAGS NhO ASNSht
message, the Republicans could well un-
derstand and could give their assurances
OF most profound pity. Laughter The
message was TO some Democrats summons
from q very great way OF, and it required
that they should traverse q very great dis
tancc before they could get alongside OF
their pioneer brother at the end Of the ay-
enue.
Nc. Hatch said that he had hoped that he
could yield the floor to the gentleman from
Maine without that gentleman improving
Ms opportunity to make political ha-
rangue. Ii the gentleman had not had an
opportunity time and again during the
Forts ninth Congress to vote for the con-
siderat;ou of tariff bill and had not
ALWAYS VOTED AGAINST IT,
there might be some sincerity in his talk
to-day. Applause.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, commented on
what he termed the sudden conversion Of
the gentleman from Maine. He aid not
think that there had been such a sudden
conversion since the time of Saul of Tarsus.
Laughter He did not know why the
gentleman should urge upon the Speaker
an immature making up Of the committees.
The House was without rules, and It had
no committee framed tor the consideration
of the reduCtiaR of the tobacco tax. In a
matter OF such consequence the House
should give to the Speaker the same op-
portunitY which had been accorded other
Sneakers